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PATENT rmcla FRANCIS. afneennnr, or New YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 245,085, dated August2, 1881,

' Application filed May 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANcIsJ. MCGRADY,

of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

. The object of this invention is to improve the sleeping-ears atpresent in use iu such a manner that they can be made more comfortableto travelers; and the invention consists in a sleeping-car compartmenthaving seats and backs divided into wider and narrower portions,thewider portions, adjoining the windows, being adapted to be berth, whilethe narrower portions, at theinner walls, are retained as seats for usein dressing and undressing, said compartment beingprovided withVentilating sliding doors anddouble inner walls in which the doors move.

The invention consists, further, in a closed compartment divided intowider and narrower portions, the widerportions, adjoining the w'indows,being adapted to be converted into a berth, while the narrower portions,atthe inner' walls, are retained as seats for use in dressing andundressing, said compartment being provided with Ventilating slidingdoors below, a wide removable upper berth, and sliding doors oppositesaid berth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view ofmy improved sleeping-car with parts broken out, and Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

By reference to the drawings, A represents a section of a sleeping-carwhich is formed by permanent transverse side walls, B, that extend up tothe roof of the car, and by inner walls, C, which run along the seats,and which are also, like the sidewalls, extended to the roof.

The inner walls, C, are double, and are arranged witlrsliding doors Cfor the lower and C2 for the upper berth of the section, the vupperdoors being preferably guided by hangers upon suitable rails, while thelower doors slide in the double'walls and are provided with slatsforventilation,v

The s1eepingcar may be arranged either wholly or partly with thesecompartments. In

convertedv into aV the latter case the remaining portion of the car isVarranged in thecommon manner, as at present. A few of the compartmentsmay be arranged without upper berths, in which case the lower slidingdoors are continued through without being divided.

' The seats D and backs E of each section are divided into two parts, ofwhich the larger parts, being about two-thirds or more of the seats andbacks next to the Window, are used for forming the berth proper, whilethe remaining parts, adjoining the door, are retained as seats when theberth is made up, This has the advantage that the occupant or occupantsmay dress and undress at the inside of the section, being fully inclosedby the doors, and without being observed from' the outside,securingtherebyfull privacy, which is frequently greatly desired, as inthe case ot' ladies, invalids, Ste. Y

In compartments where there are only lower berths the seats for dressingand undressing may be arranged above the berth by means of hingedpanels, which fold into the walls and can be lowered for use and raisedagain after use.

By dividing the seats and backs in the mannerdescribed and providing thesection with sliding doors, more comfortable berths, and especially moreconvenient lower berths, are obtained and a greater privacy secured.

By means ot' the sliding doors a closedcompartment can be formed duringthe day, if desired.

Having thus described myinvention, Ielaim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A 'sleeping-car compartment havin gseats and backsdivided into wider and narrower portions`,the widerportions, adjoiningthe Windows, being adapted to be converted into a berth, while thenarrower portions, at the inner walls, are retained as seats, saidcompartment being provided with Ventilating sliding doors and doubleinner walls in which the doors move, substantially as described.

2. A sleeping-car compartment having seats and backs divided into widerand narrower portions, the wider portions next', the windows, beingadapted to be converted into a berth, while the narrower portions, atthe inner walls,

are ret-ainedas seats for use in dressing IOO and undressing, saidcompartment being promy invention have signed my name, in presA videdwith Ventilating sliding doors below, a ence of two witnesses, this 16thday of April, Wide convertible upper berth dividing the eonl- 1881.

pertinent horizontally, and sliding pendent FRANCIS J. MCGRADY. 5 doorsopposite said upper berth, substantially Witnesses:

as described. PAUL GoEPEL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CARL KARP.

